Berg Captures Third Diving Title -- Sehome, Bainbridge Swimmers Start Fast

FEDERAL WAY - Andrea Berg, a senior from Issaquah's Liberty High School, won her third consecutive Class AA-A diving title yesterday at the girls state swim championships at the King County Aquatic Center.

Berg scored 400.65 points to 338.90 for second-place Courtney Swain of Bainbridge. Liberty's T.D. Rowe was third with 333.75 points.

Berg has four of the top five all-time diving scores in state AA-A history.

In the swimming preliminaries, Bainbridge, looking to defend its state title, qualified 11 swimmers for today's finals. But Sehome, which finished second last year, qualified 15 swimmers, to take the inside track for the team title.

Seattle Prep's Colleen Doyle was first in the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle preliminaries - two events she won last season. Eastmont's Lori VanLith, another defending champ, qualified No. 1 in the 100-yard butterfly.

Class AA-A results

Diving (finals) - 1, Andrea Berg (Liberty), 400.65; 2, Courtney Swain (Bainbridge), 338.90; 3, T.D. Rowe (Liberty), 333.75; 4, Shannon Fox (Kennedy), 323.30; 5, Cyndi Loomis ( Tahoma), 286.45; 6, Jamie McBride (Lake Stevens), 281.30; 7, Kristine Skobel ( Peninsula), 262.70; 8, Kaycee Joubert (Enumclaw), 262.05; 9, Krista Nye (Liberty ), 260.95; 10, Jennifer Emerson (Mount Rainier), 260.95; 11, Bregina Sandobal ( Lake Stevens), 255.50; 12, Emalli Layland (Capital), 252.45; 13, Shayna Williams (Tahoma), 247.65; 14, Dani Buford (Tumwater), 247.65; 15, Monica Watling (Gig Harbor),m 229.95; 16, Jennifer Swartley (Peninsula), 222.85.

PRELIMINARIES

The top eight qualifiers advance to today's finals. The second eight qualify for consolation finals:

200 medley relay - 1, Sehome, 1:53.27; 2, Bainbridge, 1:54.92; 3, Mt. Rainier, 1:56.61; 4, Highline, 1:56.98; 5, Eastmont, 1:59.08; 6, Lakeside, 1:59.42; 7, R.A. Long, 1:59.48; 8, Olympia, 2:00.81; 9, Clarkston, 2:01.05; 10, Seattle Prep, 2:01.15; 11, Garfield, 2:01.87; 12, Shorecrest, 2:01.93; 13, Selah, 2:02.09; 14, Tumwater, 2:02.50; 15, Lindbergh, 2:03.22; 16, Renton, 2:03.57.

200 freestyle - 1, Emily Norton (Sehome), 1:57.88; 2, Sara Defrancisco (Blanchet), 1:58.21; 3, Cheri Ragland (Cheney), 1:58.26; 4, Allison Weston (Highline), 1:58.56; 5, Abby White (Bainbridge), 1:59.09; 6, Maggie Moen (Nathan Hale), 1:59.38; 7, Catherine Porter (Highline), 1:59.56; 8, Casey Murphy (Highline), 2:00.16; 9, Andrea Redman (Wapato), 2:01.62; 10, Joan Ogle (Blanchet), 2:01.90; 11, Jessica Victor (Shorecrest), 2:01.98; 12, Stephanie Pulver (Blanchet), 2:02.39; 13, Amy Crowder (Bainbridge), 2:03.06; 14, Jean Orth (Renton), 2:03.40; 15, Kelly Sorensen (Ellensburg), 2:03.89; 16, Heather Munden (Clarkston), 2:05.40.

200 individual medley - 1, Colleen Doyle (Seattle Prep), 2:07.05; 2, Megan Reha (Bainbridge), 2:11.91; 3, Kari Ambrose (Sehome), 2:14.40; 4, Kim Barringer (Bainbridge), 2:16.40; 5, Carie Bjork (Highline), 2:17.43; 6, Christine Miller ( Hanford), 2:17.51; 7, Gretchen Pen (Sehome), 2:18.46; 8, Katie Keller (Highline) , 2:18.57; 9, Kate Thorbeck (Seattle Prep), 2:19.42; 10, Kari Shellhorn (Mt. Rainier), 2:20.21; 11, Melinda Gage (Renton), 2:21.26; 12, Amanda McDonald (Highline), 2:21.39; 13, Heidy Peterson (Olympia), 2:21.59; 14, Jill Zarema (Sehome), 2:21.63; 15, Rachel Kilcup (Capital) 2:24.26; 16, Erin Giddings (Lake Stevens), 2:24.40.

50 freestyle - 1, Kristin Sherrill (Eastmone), 24.56; 2, Rachel Bruya ( Pullman), 24.86; 3, Jayme Gustafson (Sehome), 24.95; 4, Jennie Bingham ( Bainbridge), 25.21; 5, Heather Giffin (Peninsula), 25.34; 6, Amber Hanley ( Clarkston), 25.40; 7, Heather Camp (Hudson's Bay), 25.42; 8, Emily Dahl (R.A. Long), 25.45; 9, Katie Raisio (Seattle Prep), 25.60; 10, Erin Matthews (Ellensburg) 25.72; 11, Michelle Payne (Lindbergh), 26.18; 12, Tonje Caine (Sehome), 26.22; 13, Karen Schilling (Hoquim), 26.22; 14, Teri Hanson (Shorecrest), 26.41; 15, Krista Kohler (Blanchet), 26.41; 16, Kara Malone (Blanchet), 26.46.

100 butterfly - 1, Lori Vanlith (Eastmont), 58.92; 2, Rachel Bruya (Pullman), 59.52; 3, Catherine Porter (Highline), 1:00.97; 4, Andrea Redman (Waptato), 1:01.38; 5, Wendy Whelan (Kennedy), 1:01.70; 6, Kim Barringer (Bainbridge), 1:02.09; 7, Becca Shapiro (Seattle Prep), 1:02.19; 8, Mary Frazee (Tumwater), 1:02.62; 9, Becky Kardong (Bainbridge), 1:02.85; 10, Jodie Nelson (Hazen), 1:04.01; 11, Kari Shellhorn ( Mt. Rainier), 1:04.84; 12, Sarah Kramer (Bellingham), 1:05.44; 13, Rachel Kilcup (Capital), 1:06.17; 14, Yumi Takahashi (Renton), 1:06.55; 15, April Simons (Aberdeen), 1:06.65; 16, Amy Crowder (Bainbridge), 1:06.68.

100 freestyle - 1, Kristin Sherrill (Eastmont), 53.07; 2, Megan Thompson ( Sehome), 53.33; 3, Sara Defrancisco (Blanchet), 53.90; 4, Emily Norton (Sehome), 54.32; 5, Cheri Ragland (Cheney), 54.61; 6, Jennie Bingham (Bainbridge), 55.34; 7, Emily Dahl (R.A. Long), 55.39; 8, Katie Keller (Highline), 55.40; 9, Katie Raisio (Seattle Prep), 55.82; 10, Heather Camp (Hudson's Bay), 55.89; 11, Joan Ogle (Blanchet), 55.93; 12, Heather Giffin (Peninsula), 56.04; 13, Heidi Ambrose (Sehome), 56.29; 14, Nancy Byun (Lynnwood), 56.36; 15, Jennifer Sedey (Anacortes), 56.67; 16, Megan Sun (Lakeside), 56.71.

500 freestyle - 1, Colleen Doyle (Seattle Prep), 5:03.31; 2, Allison Weston ( Highline), 5:13.55; 3, Lori Vanlith (Eastmont), 5:16.03; 4, Casey Murphy ( Highline), 5:18.58; 5, Maggie Moen (Nathan Hale), 5:18.89; 6, Kari Ambrose ( Sehome), 5:21.24; 7, Jessica Victor (Shorecrest), 5:22.35; 8, Jean Orth (Renton), 5:24.07; 9, Abby White (Bainbridge), 5:24.74; 10, Alyssa McDonald (Pullman), 5:25.97; 11, Kathy Oves (Sehome), 5:29.74; 12, Sarah Calhoun (R.A. Long), 5:33.21; 13, Michelle Kondo (Garfield), 5:35.28; 14, Mineko Matsuno (Lakeside), 5:38.32; 15, Shannon Nelson (Mt. Rainier), 5:38.32; 16, Staci Morton (Blanchet), 5:40.34.

200 freestyle relay - 1, Blanchet, 1:41.68; 2, Bainbridge, 1:41.87; 3, Sehome, 1:42.76; 4, Highline, 1:44.02; 5, Seatle Prep, 1:44.41; 6, Mt. Rainier, 1:45.53; 7, Garfield, 1:47.31; 8, Renton, 1:47.47; 9, Liberty, 1:48.44; 10, Anacortes, 1:48.55; 11, Lindbergh, 1:49.09; 12, Ellensburg, 1:49.29; 13, Peninsula, 1:50.05; 14, Clarkston, 1:50.37; 15, Selah, 1:50.58; 16, Olympia, 1:51.44.

100 backstroke - 1, Megan Thompson (Sehome), 59.41; 2, Jayme Gustafson ( Sehome), 1:01.07; 3, Gretchen Pen (Sehome), 1:01.50; 4, Erin Matthews ( Ellensburg), 1:02.24; 5, Becky Kardong (Bainbridge), 1:02.63; 6, Christy Hardee (Olympia), 1:02.71l 7, Jodie Nelson (Hazen), 1:02.97; 8, Amanda MacDonald ( Highline), 1:03.09; 9, Kara Malone (Blanchet), 1:03.19; 10, Heather Munden (Clarkston), 1:03.40; 11, Rachel Jolly (Mt. Rainier), 1:03.59; 12, Megan Sun (Lakeside), 1:03.88; 13, Allison Broz (Liberty), 1:03.93; 14, Bree Hood (Lake Stevens), 1:04.12; 15, Jennifer Sedey (Anacortes), 1:04.53; 16, Heather Viall (Mt. Rainier), 1:04.59.

100 breastroke - 1, Mary Frazee (Tumwater), 1:08.32; 2, Megan Reha Bainbridge ), 1:08.63; 3, Kathy Oves (Sehome), 1:08.70; 4, Christine Miller (Hanford), 1:09.03; 5, Kayla Rose (Selah), 1:09.05; 6, Heidi Ambrose (Sehome), 1:09.28; 7, Wendy Whelan (Kennedy), 1:09.37; 8, Carrie Bjork (Highline), 1:09.44; 9, Kate Thorbeck (Seattle Prep), 1:09.47; 10, Jessica Ringness (Mt. Rainier), 1:10.29; 11, Marina Cardenas (Sunnyside), 1:10.48; 12, Nancy Byuen (Lynnwood), 1:10.91; 13, Stephanie Cash (Seattle Prep), 1:11.44; 14, Lara Zazzi (Mt. Rainier ), 1:11.71; 16, Tammy Pietreczak (Anacortes), 1:12.59.

400 freestyle relay - 1, Highline, 3:42.77; 2, Blanchet, 3:43.05; 3, Sehome, 3:43.21; 4, Seattle Prep, 3:45.69; 5, Bainbridge, 3:48.18; 6, Mt. Rainier, 3:55.17; 7, Eastmont, 3:55.32; 8, Lakeside, 3:55.39; 9, Anacortes, 3:58.57; 10, Shorecrest, 3:58.83; 11, Pullman, 3:58.92; 12, Olympia, 3:59.91; 13, Renton, 4:01.03; 14, Mt. Vernon, 4:03.08; 15, Kennedy, 4:03.14; 16, Tumwater, 4:05.14.